Method of and crate for packing conical articles



Dec. 1, 1931. H. s. LION 1,833,949

METHOD OF AND CRATE FOR PACKING CONICAL ARTICLES Filed April 5, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR HAROLD 8- LI ON y JT M WM ATTORNEYS Dec. 1,1931. H. s.- LION 1,833,949

METHOD OF AND CRATE FOR PACKING CONICAL ARTICLES Filed ril 5, 1929 2 t t\x /4 29- 5 26 I A INVENTOR L 1, HAROLD s. LJON- yz i lgm zm ATTOBMLZQPatented Dec. 1, 1931 UNITED IC r nAnoLn' s. LION, or cnvcnsr1mm, onio',Assiemon r uNIrEn MILK'onATn conronA- TIONKOF cmc nnnrr,onIon'conronArIoN OF orno MET-HOD or AND CRATE Eon rzio'xmeeonronnARTICLES 7 'Applicationflled A rils, 1929. Serial No. 352,674. p

This invention relatesto a method of pack; ingconical articles and to acrate more es pecially adapted to'the purpose of transporting conicalarticles, as, for example, conical paper containers of atype nowutilized to distribute milk. 1 I

An object oft-he invention is to provide a method of hacking conicalarticles in'such manner as to utilizeapproximatelyall of an availablestorage space for the placing therein of a maximum number of conicalarticles.

A- further object of the'invention is to provide a crate forcontainersor other articles designed with the purpose in view ofutilizing the maximum of the available space offthe crate forthe storageof conical containers or articles. i

A further object is to produce a crate hav-' ing slantingsupportingportions for the bases of conical containers or otherarticles, arranged to'situate a side wall or limiting sur} face. of eachof several containers or articles whose base rests upon a supportingportion. in approximately parallel relation to desirably vertical sideWalls of the crate, to thus provide a packing space between eachofupright conical containers or articles when placed in said crate andanadjacent upright conical container or articleor aside wall of saidcratetadapted to preierablvsnugly receive an inverted conical container"or article, whereby tomake available approximately all of the storagespace of the crate forthe packing therein of a maximum number of conicalcontainers or articles. A i

A further object is to provide a crate for duplicate conical; articleshaving slanting supporting portions positioned in separate contiguousrows each of which is adapted. to

provide a CODIIIIOIISUPPO-It. for-a pluralityof portionin approximatelyparallel relation to. i

upstanding side walls of said crate, to thus provide a packing spacebetween each of duplicate upright conical articles of each of said rowsandan upright conical article of an adjacent row or an upstanding sidewall of said crate adapted to, receivean; inverted duplicate conicalarticle, whereby 'to'make available appproximatelyall of thestorage ospace of the crate for the packing therein of a maximum number ofconical articles.

A still further object istoprovide a crate ofthe character mentioned,wherein means is provided forlimiting movement ofea-ch ofthe upright andinverted-conical articles longitudinallv of the different slantingsupportingjportions. a v

Other objects and advantages of the im vention will becomeapparen-t fromthe full description thereofnow to be made, it being understood that thedisclosure herein is mere- 1y illustrative and-intended in no way in alimiting sense, changes in the method and in details 'of constructionand. arrangement-of parts of the crate being permissibleso long aswithin the scope of the claims-which folcordance withiny newmethod; g gg FigIEis a vertical sectional view thereof,

drawings forming a or otherarticl es packediin the crate actakensubstantially on. line 22 infigsi, w

disclosing, in full andin dotted lines, conical containers or articlespacked in the crate Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modified form oi?crate made in accordance with the invenf'tion, also disclosing conical."containers or other articlespacked in the crate in manner according tothe invention F'gi isia vertical sectional I have there disclosed acrate consisting of tically disposed.

upright side walls 11, 12, 13 and 14 suitably secured together toprovide a rectilinear structure, and a bottom 15 which may be secured tothelower portions of said side walls in any convenient manner. A Asshown,.the bottom consists of tie rods 16 suitably secured to the Walls11 and 12 and passing through" openings 17 in spaced apart cross bars 18extending between and securedto the walls 1 3 and 14 as indicated at 19.Spacing sleeves.20'

uponthe tie rods16 and between adjacent cross bars, or between a sidewall 'ofthe crate anda' crossbar, retain the cross bars in theirintended relation. 1

Desirably, the upper portion of each cross bar 18 may'include aprojecting ledge 21 arranged upon a slant tothe horizontal, the width ofeach cross bar "preferably being ver- Each ledge '21, together with apart22'fof the tie'rods 16in proximity to the next adj a-' centcro'ssbar 18 and at elevation lower than the l'edge,'constitutes a slantingsupporting portion-,- designated 23, forthe bases of a rowof'conicalcontainers or articles A, andthe slanting supporting portions23 arearranged to situate aside wall'or limiting'surface of eachcontainer or article whose base rests" upon a slantingsupporting'portion in par allel relation to the upright'walls 11 and'12of the c rate,'so that a packing space-adapted to snugly receive aninverted' 'container or article'will be provided between each of theupright containers or articles of each'of-said rowsand an uprightcontainer or article of anadj'acent row-or a side wall of the crate, thedifferent rows of conical containers or articles'being adapted to fillapproximately all of the spaces of each of 'thesaid slanting supportingportionsv23" for the dimension'of the box; between the walls 11 and 12thereof, as very clearly disclosed in'Fig. 2, and each row of conicalcontainers or articles being adapted to fill approximately all of thespaces of each slanting supportingportion 23 for the dimension of thebox between its walls 13 and 14.

As shown, whenthe upright conicalcontai'ners, or articlesare in thecrate, a portion of a side wallor limiting surface of each container orarticle lies contiguous with, orgin close proximity to, an adjacentcross bar 18,, or aside wall of the'crate, sothat movement of eachupright conical container or article transversely of the slantingsupporting portion 23 upon which it rests is thus precluded.

15 of the crate 7 As will be seen, the bases of each of the severaldifferent rows of. conical containers or articles between the walls 13and 14 of the crate rest upon a common slanting support- 12 and arrangedto separate the different coni cal containers or articles of each ofsaid several rows, the said rods 24 as shown being situated in spaced.relation to the bottom of Qthe crate and'being' attached to the walls 11and 12 as indicated at 25 I v.When the crat is ppliedt 5110f uprightconical containers or articles will preferably be placed in; the cratebeforethe invented'conical containers or articles are inserted, andall'of the said inverted conical containers or articles will preferablybe first removed fromthe crate.

While I have described the containers or other articles to be packedin-the crate as of conical configuration, this need not necessarily beso. .As shown,"the containers or articles are of general conical shape,but have 3 their upper portions flattened out somewhat to receive ametal closure or sealing strip;

Obviously, the bases of the containers or articles could beoficonfiguration other than circular. For example, the basis could b'emore or'less elliptical inshape.

Referring tothe modified form'of crate disclosed in Figs. 3 and 4, theupright walls may be of about the construction as already described, butthe bottom 15 as here shown vis'of wood or other suitable material andincludes slanting supporting portions '23 which are equivalentsof theportions 23 of the form of the invention-of FigsLl and 2.

The bottom 15' may be supported upon the side walls in any convenientmanner, as denoted at 26. The slanting supporting por tions 23' extendthe full distance between the walls 13 and 14, and rods 24 are for thepurpose as already described. A portion of each upright conicalcontainer or other article adj acent thebase thereof engages a verticalportion 18, or a side wall of the crate, in the same manner and to theaccomplishment ofthe, same advantage as before; 7

' "Referring to Fig. 5, the slanting support: ing portions 23 consistoftie rods 16 above which are situated cross bars 18 in the form of wires,which perform the same service as do the cross bars 18. I

'Referring toFig; 6, the slanting supportingportions' 23 consist of abottom 15"v 'supporting blocks 18, the bottom and'blocks serving thesame 23 of Figsi'3 and 4.

I claim as my invention:

1. A crate consisting of upstanding side purpose as do the portionswalls and a bottom having slanting supporting portions adapted toreceive the bases of conical articles arranged in said crate in uprightcontiguous relation to each other, the said slanting supporting portionsbeing positioned in separate contiguous rows along said bottom and beingdisposed to situate a limiting surface of the side wall of each articlewhose baserests upon a supporting portion in approximately parallelrelation to up standing side walls of" said crate, to thus provide apacking space between each upright conlcal artlcle in each of sa1d rowsand an upright conical article of an adjacent row or an upstanding sidewall of said crate of said crate adapted to receive an invertedduplicate conical article, whereby to make available approximately allof the storage space of the crate for the packing therein of a maximumnumber of conical articles, and means for limiting movement of each ofthe upright and inverted conical articles longitudinally of thedifferent slanting supporting portions. i

In WItIIQSS whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of April,1929. r

HAROLD S. LION; 7

adapted to receive an inverted conical article, whereby to makeavailable approximately all of the storage space of the crate for thepacking therein of a maximum number of conical articles. r

2. A crate consisting .of upstanding side walls and a bottom havingslanting support portion in approximately parallel relation toupstanding side walls of said crate, t'o thus provide a packing spacebetween each duplicate upright conical article in each of said rows andan upright conical article of an adjacent row or an upstanding side wallof said crate adapted to receive an inverted duplicate conical article,whereby to make available approximately all of the storage space of thecrate for the packing therein of a maximum number of conical articles.

3. A crate consisting of upstanding side walls and a bottom havingslanting supporting portions adapted to receive the bases of duplicateconical articles arranged in said crate in upright contiguous relationto each other, the said slantingsupporting portions being positioned inseparate contiguous rows along said bottom each adapted to provide acommon support for a plurality of conical articles and having widthabout equal to the diameter of the base of each of said duplif cateconical articles and being disposed to situate a limiting surface of theside wall of each article whose base rests upon a supporting portion inapproximately parallel relation to upstanding side walls of said crate,

to thus provide a packing space between each.

duplicate upright conical article in each of said rows and an uprightconical article of i an adjacent row or an upstanding side wall so i

